India is concerned over reports of shelling near Ukraine’s nuclear power plant.

India has expressed concern about reports of shelling near the spent fuel storage facility of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and has asked for mutual restraint to ensure that nuclear facilities’ safety and security are not jeopardized.

Indian Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj said on Thursday, “We continue to carefully follow developments concerning the safety and security of Ukraine’s nuclear power reactors and facilities. India attaches high importance to assuring the safety and security of these facilities, as any accident affecting nuclear facilities could potentially have severe effects on public health and the environment.”

Speaking at a UN Security Council (UNSC) briefing on Ukraine, Kamboj stated that India is concerned about reports of shelling near the Zaporizhzhia NPP’s spent fuel storage facility.

“We call for mutual restraint so as not to endanger the safety and security of nuclear facilities,” she said at the open meeting in the security council on the situation at the Zaporizhzhia NPP.

Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), informed the UN Security Council meeting that on August 5, the Zaporizhzhia plant, Europe’s largest, was shelled resulting in many explosions near the electrical switchboard and a power outage.

Ukraine has told the IAEA that 10 of the country’s 15 nuclear energy reactors are currently connected to the grid, including two at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, three at the Rivne NPP, three at the South Ukraine NPP, and two at the Khmelnytskyy NPP.